XXXr. liURSERACE.^. 199 



nearly so, rounded at the apex. BosivelUa gluber, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 

 p. 90 ; Grab. Cat. p. 42. 



Padshapur (Belgaum districts), Eitchic, 1009 !— Distiub. N.W. India. 



2. GARUGA, Roxb. 



Trees more or less toment-ose. Leaves crowded towards the ends of 

 the branches, alternate, iniparipiniiate ; leaflets opposite, siibsessile, 

 serrate. Flowers in dense panicles, polygamous. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-tid, valvate. Petals 5, inserted on the tube of the calyx, induplicato- 

 valvate. Disk thin with a crenate margin, lining the calyx-tube. 

 Stamens 10, equal, free, inserted in the tube of the calyx at the margin 

 of the disk. Ovary ovoid, sessile, 4-5-celled, attenuated into an erect 

 style; ovules 2 in each cell ; stigma capitate, 4-5-lobed. Drupe without 

 valves, globose, fleshy, containuig 1-5 bony rugose pyrenes. Seed 

 conform to the cell; testa membranous; cotyledons thin, contor- 

 tuplicate ; radicle short, superior. — Distrib. Tropical Asia, America, 

 and Australia ; species 8-10. 



1. Garuga pinnata, Eoxb. Hort. Bern/. (1814) p. 33; Cor. PI. 

 V. 3, p. 5, t. 208. A tree sometimes reaching 50 ft. in height ; bark 

 furrowed, the outer layers peeling off in flakes. Leaves 6-18 in. long, 

 deciduous in the cold season ; leaflets 6-10 pairs and an odd one, 

 opposite or nearly so, subsessile, sometimes 6 in. long, lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, usually acuminate, oblique, crenate, pubescent when 

 young, at length glabrous. Flowers yellow, in much-branched axillary 

 toinentose panicles, several together at the ends of the branches ; bracts 

 deciduous. Calyx ^ in. long, campanulate, cleft a little less than half 

 way down, densely tomentose outside ; lobes ovate-oblong, subobtuse. 

 Petals i in. long, linear-oblong, tomentose outside, sparsely pubescent 

 within, attached to' the tube of the calyx beneath the margin of the disk, 

 tip thickened, inflexed. Disk thin, lining the calyx-tube, crenate. 

 Stamens inserted on the tube of the calyx at the margin of the disk 

 between the crenatures ; filaments slightly hairy. Style long, stout, 

 hairy ; stigma capitate, 5-lobed. Drupes black, fleshy, size of a goose- 

 berry, edible ; pyrenes 1-3 (commonly 2), bony, rugose. Seed with a 

 membranous wing. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 528 ; Grab. Cat. p. 43 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 37 ; Eugler, in Engl. & Prautl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 4, 

 p. 257, {flg. 150 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 268 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 483.— Flowers : Feb.-Mar. Vebn. 

 KdJcad. 



KoNKAN : Law I ; hilly parts of the Xonkan, Graham ; Bombay, Capt. Geburne ! ; 

 Matheran Ghat, H. M. Birdwood. Deccan : Ganesh Khiiid (Poona), Woodrowl; 

 Decern \vi\\a,Woodrow. S. M. Country : Belgaum, i?tte/iie, lUlO I Kanaka: Honore, 

 Hohetihacker, 726 ! Gujarat : hills, Woodrow. — Distrib. Throughout ludia ; Malaya, 

 Philippines. 



Tlie drupe is eaten raw, pickled or cooked, and the young shoots and leaves are used 

 as fodder, especially for elephants. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



3. COMMIPHORA, Jacquin, Hort. Schcenbr. v. 2 (1797) p. m, 



t. 249. 

 (Balsamodendron, Kunth.) 



Balsamiferous trees or shrubs ; branches often spinescent. Leaves 

 membranous, 3-foliolate, sometimes with very small lateral leaflets, or 



